Big tech in Ohio suffers setback with appeals court decision on social media restrictions

An appeals court ruled that a parental consent law be restored for kids using social media.

FILE – A YouTube sign is shown near the company’s headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. [Photo: Jeff Chiu, file/AP Photo]

Ohio’s law requiring children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps must be restored, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.The decision comes as a blow to NetChoice, which has won court victories against identical digital identification laws in other states, including Arkansas, Louisiana and Georgia. The trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and........

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